Island of Oahu Pics

Aloha from Hawaii!

We arrived Friday afternoon (Hawaii time) and immediately checked into our hotel, headed to the beach, and ate after a long plane ride w/out much to eat.  Here are a few pics of our hotel & views of the beach from our pool......

  This is Diamond Head & the Famous Waikiki Beach

This is our hotel looking up....

  A view down the ocean into the sun...

  On Saturday at the wee 6am hour - we began our 12 hour tour of the island.  We started at Pearl Harbor.  It was certainly a great stop and a fantastic memorial of our fallen soldiers.  EVERYONE should see this once in their lives.  Here is a pic of the USS Arizona memorial.  If you look towards the right you can see part of the ship up out of the water.

Here is a pic of the Black Tears.  For those of you that may not know - this is black oil leaking from the ships hull and they call it the Black Tears.  Legend says that the tears will stop when the last remaining survivor of the USS Arizona attack passes on.  Our guide said their are only 24 survivors still alive today in their 80's.

Then we went onto the North Shore.  This is where Baywatch was filmed and where the professional surfing sports take place during the winter.  These are small waves but they get over 45 feet high.  The beaches are breathtaking.

Our next stop was the Dole Pineapple plantation.  BUT, I didn't know - Hawaii isn't producing very much pineapple anymore.  Most of the US pineapple now comes from Costa Rica.  So there wasn't much to the plantation.  A little tourist trap....but we did get pineapple & pineapple ice-cream - YUM!!!

  That's it for now! More to come - lots to share! Wish you were here!

Comments

[Marilyn]

How wonderful! Glad you are having a great time!